Gerotor Modeling with NX3.

Inner
Rotor
Major
Diameter (DIMAJ):

1. Gerotor design parameters.

Following is the list of design
parameters of a gerotor gear set. Despite
the simplicity of relations between these
parameters, this quick reference might
be useful for the casual gerotor designer
since the parameters (and their names)
provided are rather site specific and
s/he might be left wondering what the
printout from some proprietary software
means.

DIMAJ=DOMAJ-2.0*E

Inner
Rotor
Number (ZI):

Lobe

ZI=ZO-1

Outer
Rotor
Minor
Diameter (DOMIN):

Outer Rotor Major

Diameter (DOMAJ):

DOMIN=DOMAJ-4.0*E

Outer
Rotor
Diameter (DL):

Lobe

Outer
Rotor
Number (ZO):

Lobe

Outer Rotor Lobe Centers

Diameter (DLC):
DLC=DOMAJ+DL-4.0*E

2. Outer Rotor Profile Modeling.

The outer rotor profile is made of
circular arcs only. There are a few
different approaches to
the design of the outer
rotor lobe root, besides a
simple edge blend, so
local design guidelines
should be consulted.

Eccentricity (E):

Inner Rotor Minor

Diameter (DIMIN):
DIMIN=DOMAJ-6.0*E

And smooth section geometry,

naturally, creates smooth lobe surfaces:

3. Inner Rotor Profile Modeling

with Spline Control Points.
There may be a text file available with
inner rotor profile spline control points.
This can also be generated using
GRPC061220:

(Note the value of minimum curvature

radius).
For this example we used control
points generated by gerotor pump
calculator GRPC061220. The maximum
number of meaningful digits for a
mantissa format in NX3 is 15.
GRPC061220s output provides at least
16 digits. Less precise control point
coordinates are likely to create profile
similar to the one shown below:

Use these points to build a spline

approximating inner rotor profile:

Use curve analysis to detect any

abnormalities:

(Note the entirely meaningless

minimum curvature radius).
Believe it or not, it is considered
acceptable in automotive industry at
least.

4. Inner Rotor Profile Modeling

with NX3 Expressions.
The inner rotor profile is defined by
the following equations:
x(t)=E*cos(ZO*t)+r*cos(t)s*(ZO*E*cos(ZO*t)+r*cos(t))/g
y(t)=E*sin(ZO*t)+r*sin(t)s*(ZO*E*sin(ZO*t)+r*sin(t))/g
where:
r=0.5*DLC
s=0.5*DL
g=sqrt(a+b*cos(ZI*t))
a=ZO^2*E^2+r^2
b=2.0*ZO*E*r
0.0<=t<2.0*pi
Create expressions to represent the
above equations:

Applying curve analysis, we see that

the obtained spline cannot be used to
generate a useful profile:

Create a law curve:

The easy fix for that is to set the

distance tolerance to its minimum
value (0.00001):

The (obvious) advantage to modeling

gerotor profiles with expressions is
parameterized section geometry.